Gun In Selena Case Destroyed

U.S. & LATIN AMERICA - The Nation - In Brief

June 11, 2002

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- The weapon used to kill Tejano singing star Selena was destroyed Monday under a judge's orders, despite protests from historians who said the revolver was a priceless piece of Mexican-American history. The .38-caliber Taurus revolver was run through a shredding saw and was scheduled to be thrown into the Corpus Christi Bay. Selena Quintanilla Perez, 23, was killed by the gun seven years ago, just as she was on the verge of crossing over to the English-language market. Long thought missing, the gun was found last month in the Harris County home of the court reporter at the 1995 murder trial. The reporter, Sandra Oballe, said she found it in a box of office materials.